Nakitaan ng coral bleaching o pamumuti ng corals ang Tubbataha Reef na isa pa man din sa mga pamosong diving sites sa buong mundo. Tirahan din 'yan ng maraming isda kaya banta rin daw ito sa ating food supply.
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00:00 Coral bleaching or coral bleaching is a common phenomenon in the world's most famous diving sites.
00:08 It is also a problem for many fish, which is why it is a threat to our food supply.
00:13 Here is our special report.
00:15 Full of color.
00:21 The sea is full of it.
00:23 That is why Tubbataha Reef is one of the most popular diving spots in the world.
00:30 But in this March, the coral in some parts of Tubbataha Reef in Sulu Sea turned white.
00:38 This is called coral bleaching.
00:41 According to an expert of the Tubbataha Management Office,
00:45 the coral turns white because they expelled the algae that gives color and also the necessary nutrients for the coral.
00:53 Corals are known as animals.
00:57 So they depend mostly on producing their food using photosynthesis and through filtration.
01:06 A small change in the temperature of the sea can expel the zoosanthellae.
01:15 When they are stressed, they expel the zoosanthellae until they leave a clear texture that is like fluorescent.
01:25 But coral bleaching is not the only problem in Tubbataha Reef.
01:29 Based on the health analysis of corals in the Regional Marine Protected Area of the Philippine Marine Conservation,
01:36 compared to 2019, 2% of coral bleaching was 16% in 2022.
01:42 95% of healthy coral in June 2019 turned 68% in 2022 due to bleaching and other factors.
01:51 According to Shoal or Escoda Shoal, almost all corals there are dead.
01:56 That's really an ecological disaster.
01:58 In the past, we saw a lot of degradation.
02:01 The West Philippine Sea now is really in a very alarming and severely degraded state.
02:07 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of America confirmed that the world is experiencing the fourth global bleaching event.
02:16 What is being pushed there is climate change.
02:21 Due to extreme temperature changes, those places near the equator are experiencing more heat from our ocean.
02:34 Like the Philippines, Australia, and some other tropical countries.
02:39 Coral bleaching has a big effect in the Philippines, especially when we are surrounded by water and one of the sources of food is the ocean.
02:48 Corals can be extinct.
02:50 Those fishes and other inverts and other biota that rely on our reefs can disappear in the long run.
02:58 Our food sources can disappear.
03:01 Not totally, but in the long run, in the future generations, maybe there will be no more corals that our grandchildren will see.
03:10 When there is coral bleaching, corals do not die immediately.
03:14 Mostly, during the process, they do not die immediately.
03:19 The corals can return to the corals on Sunday or later to come back to life.
03:24 Although ordinary people can help.
03:28 By doing a simple, throwing the right trash in the right place, it is a big help to help the marine protected areas.
03:42 Thank you.
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